Shaquille O'Neal on Lakers fans: They didn't love me, they loved Kobe Bryant ...

Years before retiring from the game, Kobe Bryant already had an idea of what he wanted to do once his basketball career ended. He knew he had a passion for writing poems as early as his high school ...

Kobe Bean Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia. Named after a city in Japan, Bryant is the son of former NBA player Joe “Jellybean” Bryant. In 1984, after ending his NBA career, the ...

Only John Williams could have put me in the orbit of one of history’s most famous basketball players. Kobe Bryant, like so many others, was a huge fan of Williams’ music; he befriended and sought out ...